Vol. 451 No. 6
84 Mr. Lawlor asked the Minister for Education if approval will be given for the provision of a resource teacher to a school (details supplied) in Dublin in view of the fact that this is one of the largest primary schools in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7032/95]
The role of the resource teacher is to act in support of ordinary teaching staff in dealing with handicapped children attending ordinary classes. To date, a total of 26 such posts have been allocated to the primary school sector.
As I recently announced, I intend to allocate an additional ten resource teacher posts to primary schools in 1995. These posts will be allocated on the basis of priority of need following the collection of data by my Department's Primary Inspectorate.
The application by this school for a resource teacher will be considered in the context of the allocation of posts in 1995.
